Vegan Radio

Episode 106 contains four interviews focused around the subject of dating as a vegan. Recorded on Valentine's Day, Derek is without a co-host, and the show begins with his poetic monologue on finding love as a vegan. Derek recorded the first interview with Anne Dinshah at the 2012 Vegan Spirituality Retreat [http://www.veganspirituality.com/] in Philadelphia. Anne is the daughter of American Vegan Society [http://www.americanvegan.org/] founders Jay and Freya Dinshah, and the author of Dating Vegans. The second interview is Ian MacDonald, a BBC-trained radio producer and author of The Vegan Option [http://theveganoption.org/] radio show and blog. He is hosting a kickstarter project [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veganoption/vegetarianism-the-story-so-far-a-radio-history] to raise money to fund a 15-part audio series called Vegetarianism: The Story so Far - A Radio History. Ian gives us the low down on the vegan dating scene in London. We also honor the recent passing of Rynn Berry [http://responsibleeatingandliving.com/?page_id=1131], who was a NYC based vegan historian. The third interview is with Ben Shaberman [http://benshaberman.com/], the author of The Vegan Monologues [https://amzn.to/2QQim8B]. Ben has a new book that he is shopping around to publishers called Jerry's Vegan Women. The book features short fictional stories centered on relationships and influences that various women have on the protagonist. Ben narrates a portion of the book at the end of the podcast. The final interview is with Leigh-Chantelle, who runs Vivalavegan.net [http://vivalavegan.net/], a web site that provides easy-to-prepare recipes, blogs, articles, podcasts, interactive forum, informative and how-to videos, interviews with inspiring vegans, vegan mentoring e-books, print books and more. Leigh lives in Australia and provides us the female perspective on dating down under.

In this special episode Derek visits with former Vegan Radio co-host Megan Shackelford over the holidays to catch up on her fabulous vegan life and discuss the ways in which veganism and spirituality intersect. We then play a talk given by Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet [http://worldpeacediet.org/], at the 2012 Veg Curious event [http://www.woodstocksanctuary.org/news-events/events/veg-curious/] at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary [http://www.woodstocksanctuary.org/].

Derek & Lo Vee interview vegan authors Gretchen Primack and Dan and Annie Shannon at the 2013 Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary July Jamboree. Gretchen Primack is the author of Kind [http://www.gretchenprimack.com/kind.php?], a book of poetry that confronts animal issues artistically and metaphorically. She also co-authored The Lucky Ones [http://amzn.to/17SrBop], the story of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary [http://woodstocksanctuary.org/]'s co-founder Jenny Brown. Significantly, both of these interviews were conducted at the sanctuary's July Jamboree, an annual fund raising event. The Shannons have brought Betty Crocker into the age of compassion with their cookbook Betty Goes Vegan [http://amzn.to/1b5VrWI]. They live in Brooklyn and write a kick-ass food blog on their Meet the Shannons website [http://www.meettheshannons.com/recipes/]. What will the Shannons do next? Find out here, dear listeners.

Sid Garza-Hillman with his bare feet on the ground Through the magic of technology Derek and Lo Vee interview California-based author/musician/nutritionist Sid Garza-Hillman. Sid is a man with a cowboy hat so large he needs two last names. His book "Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto" is a well written, pocket sized guide to living a more natural life and the connection to eating clean and healthy. Sid is currently working as the Staff Nutritionist and Programs Director at the Mendocino Center for Living Well [http://livingwellmendocino.com/] located at the Stanford Inn Eco-resort in Mendocino, California. He works with private clients all over the country and teaches nutrition and healthy living classes to children and adults through his practice Transitioning to Health [http://transitioningtohealth.net/]. Find out how he keeps grounded even when he sleeps!

Episode 102 features Derek's interview with PETA [http://peta.org/] President and Co-Founder Ingrid Newkirk after her Naked Truth [http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/the+naked+truth/default.aspx] event here in NYC. Her work over the decades has saved millions of lives with education, activism, and media stunts. You can hear her talk about the most recent campaign Never Be Silent which explains that it is our duty as compassionate humans to speak for those whose voices are ignored and misunderstood. Ingrid offers up tales of animal intelligence and use of language and questions our quest for intelligent life in the cosmos when we haven't truly attempted to communicate with intelligent beings on our own planet. We also cover PETA's controversial stance on euthanasia.